Academy Award-winning actor Christian Bale has undergone dramatic weight fluctuations for roles in such films as “Vice,” where he played the heavier Vice President Dick Cheney, and the new film “Ford v Ferrari,” where he plays the slender racecar driver Ken Miles. Now, Bale says, he’s done with the seesaw weight changes in an interview with Tracy Smith to be broadcast Sunday, Nov. 10 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

To go from playing Cheney to Miles, Bale had to drop 70 pounds.

“I keep saying I’m done with it,” Bale tells Smith. “I really think I’m done with it, yeah.”

Smith talks with Bale and Matt Damon about the new film “Ford v Ferrari,” in which Damon plays the late, famed automotive genius Carroll Shelby, who in 1966 was tasked by Ford to create a racecar to beat those produced by Ferrari in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Bale plays Miles, the driver hired to race for Ford.

“I had a great time watching him,” Damon says of working with Bale. “He’s got an incredible monk-like discipline, like, when he had to lose – he – he went from Dick Cheney to this guy. So he had to lose 70 pounds.”

Smith talks with Damon and Bale about auto racing, making the film, and roles that Bale has landed because Damon passed, such as “The Fighter,” for which Bale won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

“I am very grateful to Matt because I wouldn’t have a career if it wasn’t for roles he passed on,” Bale says, playfully. “There are many roles where I was told, ‘Oh, well, Matt doesn’t want to do it. So they went, ugh, all right, what about Bale?’ And then I got the role. So thank you for that, Matt.”

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